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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and
10 yean ago.
10 YEARS AGO
May 10 1945
m was Thursday
Congress gives approval for
Navy to use Camp wniie n ca
pital. From Arthur Perry'" Ye
Smudge Pot column: The Presi
dent is coming out for "economy
in governmental affairs." Even
tually common sense will return
to the nation's capitol and not
be regarded as a malignant
plague like beri beri.
20 YEARS AGO
May 10. 1935
(It was Friday)
The Medford CCC district
celebrates second anniversary
with general holiday.
Orchardists north and south
of Medford smudge when tem
perature drops to 30.
30 YEARS AGO
May 10, 1925
(It was Sunday)
Metals Extraction and Refin
ing corporation of Utah builds
plant to extract gold and plati
num from sands in Gold Hill
area.
From the Local and Personal
column: Fishing is growing bet
ter both in the river and the
smaller streams, and . a number
of good catches of salmon and
trout were made Sunday.
40 YEARS AGO
Mar 10. 1915
(It was Monday)
Medford Ministerial associa
tion recommends city council
enact ordinance censoring mov
ing pictures.
Ashland undertakes improve
ments including work toward
Lithia park. -
What's the Answer?
(Can You Get 4 el the 7T)
Copr. 1955. Editorial Research Repwf
1. In the new Eisenhower pro
gram for foreign aid, most of it
would go to Europe, or to Asia,
or about equal parts to each?
2 Outside of the 10 states of
the Solid South, there are more
Republican or more Democratic
state governors?
3. More money was spent for
advertising in the first quarter
of 1955 in the Saturday Evening
Post, Ladies Home Journal, Life,
Time, or Look?
4. Aneurin ("Nye") Bevan,
leader of the British Labor party
left wing, is English, Irish, Scot
or Welsh?
5. The U.S. winter wheat pro
duction is normally larger . or
smaller than spring wheat pro
duction, or about the same?
6. The Dow Theory is on mak
ing a light-weight mineral from
salt deposits, stock prices, origins
of the Old Testament, or rain
productions?
7. A U-S." Senator named Bible
does or doesn't represent a state
of the so-called "Bible Belt?"
The Answers: 1. Most to Asia.
2. More Republican (21 to 17). 3.
Ia Life, according to Life. 4.
Welsh. 5. Larger. 6. Stock prices.
7. Doesn't; Sen. Bible is from
Nevada.
YOUNG 'BANDIT
Kinston, N.C. (U.PJ Police
rushed to the scene when the
Bank and Trust Cos new alarm
system that spreads a city-wide
alert went off Monday. They
discovered a three-year-old
"bandit" had accidentally trip
ped the alarm.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Competition Can't Be Socialism
Walter W. R. May new editor of the "Oregon
Voter" (we are glad to note that "Mr. Voter" himself
the gifted C. C. Chapman, will continue as a contribu
tor with his trenchant and penetrating observations,)
is very reassuring in his comments on Hells Canyon
as a federal project.
He is an opponent of the same, of course, but
maintains "all this talk about private development
leading to excessively high prices" is a lot of calabash,
the fact being that all power furnished by private
utilities is possible today only upon engineering as
surance that the power created will be provided at
a cost comparable and competitive with all-federal
power. "commercial money" he declares would not
be so stupid" as to expect otherwise.
if this is true, then we can expect to hear
" no more of the often-advanced charge ,that the
supporters of federal power are trying to drive out
private power and establish in this field a form of
predatory socialism.
If no private power projects are authorized un
less the private power engineers figure they can com
pete successfully with federal power, then what is all
"the noise and fury" about?
Competition is the life of trade, and this is the
case in Tennessee. The much discussed (and cussed)
"TV A," is in direct competition with the private pow
er companies there but both are making money, only
in one case the profits go to the stockholders and in
the other back to the U.S. Treasury. Costs of power
have been reduced in Tennessee but the private oper
ators as a whole are still in business, and paying divi
dends. ERTAINLY no "socialism" there, merely compe-
tition in which the government is a competitor,
and a factor in keeping power rates from soaring into
the stratosphere.
From such a source as the Voter such news will
be particularly refreshing and welcome to those who
are more interested in low-cost power and plenty of
it, than they are in the claims of either proponents
or opponents of Hells Canyon or any other federal
dam project financed by Uncle Sam.
They are interestednot so mucn in polemics, as
in cash results. R.W.R: '..
How About It?
A subscriber asks lis to explain the administra
tion's foreign policy especially regarding Quemoy
and Matsu, and whether the policy is determined by
Secretary of State Dulles or President Eisenhower.
"What is the foreign policy anyway?" is the final
question. ;
Well that is quite a "bill of goods."
In , theory, of course, the Secretary of State does
not originate policies but
edly Secretary Dulles has
however, been a strong factor in determining many
of the administration's decisions.
As far as Quemoy and Matsu are concerned,
however, the problem is essentially a military one,
so the President as Commander-in-Chief is the per
son responsible, and has taken on his own shoulders
the responsibility, of final determination.
THE President's position
ia ftiat i-f Port PViinoco
moy or Matsu, and the nature of that attack indicates
to the President Formosa is the ultimate . objective,
then the United States will join in the defense and
a hot war will be on. But if in the President's opinion
Formosa is really not threatened at that time, then
again presumably the United States will hold off
and leave the defense, up to Chiang Kai-shek, and
his own forces.
That surely places a tremendous responsibility
upon the President but that is what he asked for, and
what the congress, almost unanimously, gave him.
IT is about as clear as mud as far as any determina-
tion of what will actually happen if and when an
attack on these off-shore islands by the Chinese
Reds should be made. For the decision will be entire
ly up to one man, and what his opinion of the condi
tions at that particular moment may be. He can't
KNOW now himself. He can't know until the attack
occurs. 1
As to what this confusing policy adds up to, here
is our GUESS: President Eisenhower first and fore
most wants to avoid any alf-out war over the off
shore islands or anything else war with anyone over
anything, for that matter.
He doubts very much any attack, by Red China
will be made. But if it is, then again only a guess
he will decide Formosa is not threatened, he will aid
the Nationalists in evacuating Quemoy and Matsu,
and join them in Formosa for an all-out defense.
doesn't the President, if this IS his program,
" announce it? Because that would give away his
hand and be tantamount to an invitation for Mao to
take the off-shore islands over, without a struggle.
"Ike" doesn't want that
So he is and we believe wisely keeping the
enemy guessing, and apparently Senator Knowland
also.
And his hope as well as his gamble is, as we see
it, his strong belief that in the near future at least,
the Red Chinese don't want to launch an all-out
attack on Formosa or the off-shore Chinese islands,
anymore than he wants them to. He may be wrong.
And this entire speculation may be wrong also.
But that is our "GUESS" as of TODAY, every
thing in this mad world, including the Far East, may
be different tomorrow! R.W.R.
Tuesday, May 10, 1953
carries them out. Undoubt
in this case as in others,
as we understand it
molro anv affaplr nn Olio.
Matter of Fact
THE ISLAND CHAIN MYTH
Tokyo Behind the dizzying
twists and turns of American
Far Eastern policy in the last
two years,
there has been
a single solid
fact that you
could, so to
speak, safely
hang your hat
on.
At about
the time of the
Korean truce,
President Eis
enhower and
Joseph Alsop
the National
Security Council formally adopt
ed a new Pacific strategy the
strategy of "The Island Chain."
And this strategy of the island
chain has been and is the inner,
unspoken explanation, the un
seen mainspring, of every Wash
ington debate and decision about
Asia since it was adopted.
On the one hand, those like
Adm. Arthur Radford who have
advocated a bold American line
in Asia, have really been argu
ing that boldness was needful to
defend the island chain on which
our strategy is founded.
On the other hand, those like
the President himself and in a
different sense Gen. Matthew
Ridgway, who have voted down
Adm. Radford and his group,
have justified retreat in Asia on
the ground that American inter
ests in the Pacific only required
holding the island chain and did
not really extend further.
What then is this strategy of
the island chain which lied be
hind the drama in the Formosa
Strait this year, as it lay behind
the drama of the Dien Bien Phu
crisis last year, and the. tragic
Korean truce decision the year
before that?
In brief, it is a variant of the
famous "American line" in the
Pacific that former Secretary
of State Dean Acheson has been
so much denounced for defining
just prior to the Korean war.
The island, chain which this
strategy requires to be held by
the U.S. runs from Kiska and
Attu, through Japan and Oki
nawa, to Formosa and the Phil
lippines. South Korea is in
cluded as an outpost of Japan.
.
SOUTH Korea is ultimately to
be defended as Formosa is
now defended, by what the Pen
tagon likes to call "indigenous"
forces sustained by an American
guarantee and air and naval
support in case of attack.
And on the offensive side,
enemy aggression is to be met
by air-atomic "massive retalia
tion," andor a two pronged con
ventional attack based on Korea
and Formosa.
These are the basic ABCs of
Eisenhower Administration pol
icy making in the Pacific. But in
the context of the continuing
crisis in the Formosa Strait, the
question now has to be asked
whether these ABCs which seem
so sensible on the surface, in
fact add up to valid strategy
when one looks beneath the
surface.
When one performs this dis
turbing operation, the first hid
den fact that strikes the eye is
the obvious insufficiency of our
forces in the Pacific to hold this
island chain that they are sup
posed to hold. If you assume that
we are going to use the absolute
weapons and the enemy, who
also has these weapons, is not
going to use them, everything is
OK. But everything is the op
posite of OK if you do not make
this highly peculiar assumption.
A strategy that is island-based
is obviously an air and naval
strategy primarily. This has been
the justification or ratiocination
use what word you please
of the Eisenhower - Wilson
Humphrey cuts in the American
ground forces, which have had
their greatest impact in the Pa
cific. In terms of ground forces, we
have hardly enough strength in
the Pacific to put in your eye
four-and-a-half divisions and two
combat teams in the Far East
Command, with one Marine divi
sion still slated to go home.
Throw in the 40 odd divisions of
South Korea and Nationalist
China and the other little bits
and pieces like the Japanese self
defense force, . the - South Viet
namese army and the Thai army
and air force. There is still
nothing that even begins to
balance the vast ground armies
of Red China, the 20 divisions of
the Vietminh and the powerful
Russian infantry in Eastern Si
beria. This might not be so disquiet
ing, if the air and naval balance
were as favorable as the island
chain strategy obviously de
mands. But it is precisely at this
point that American self de
lusion begins in earnest. The air
forces on our side that are worth
considering are as follows:
-
PIRST there is the Far East air
force, comprising 13 groups
(of which three were to have
been withdrawn from the Pa
cific until the Formosa crisis
changed the signals). . FEAFS
whole bomber strength consists
of one ludicrously obsolete
World War II radial engined
group on Okinawa and the B
36s on Guam. Besides these
there are only fighters, including
a good many obsolescent F-84s.
In all, then, FEAF has approxi
mately 900 planes.
Second, there are the planes
of our Pacific fleet, comprising
six carriers in all. This adds 450
more aircraft.
Third, there is the Chinese Na
tionalist air force theoretically
By Joseph Alsop
comprising six groups. But of
these, all but one squadron of
F-861 and one group of F-84s
are either not yet operational or
too obsolete to be counted. This
therefore adds another hundred
aircraft.
And fourth there is a South
Korean fighter group of 75 F
86s. The crude addition of all the
serious air forces on our side in
the Pacific, thus gives an ap
proximate total of 1,525 air
craft. The Chinese Communists
alone have just about this num
ber of jet aircraft within their
total air force of some 1,900
planes. '
The Soviet Air Force in East
ern Siberia is at least twice as
large as the Chinese Commun
ist force. If there is a fight, there
is every reason to expect that
Soviet units will at least enter
the fight in Chinese disguise, as
they did in Korea. The redeploy
ment of the main body in Chi
nese Communist air into Central
China in fact implies reliance on
Soviet help in the north in case
of need. Finally, in terms of
bases available, the enemy has
also gained superiority in the
last two years.
No wonder, then, that the
state of mind of the American
commanders in the Far East is
said to be close to anguish, that
this city is. full of well authenti
cated reports of urgent requests
to Washington from American
headquarters here to do some
thing to redress the Far Eastern
power balance. The existing mili
tary balance in fact makes the
island chain strategy unreliable.
How the political balance is
likely to make this strategy posi
tively mythical must be the sub
ject of a further report.
' (Copyright. 1955.
New York Herald Tribune Inc.)
Government Rests
Conspiracy Trial
Denver (U.R) Government
prosecutors rested their case
late Monday in . .the Denver
Smith Act conspiracy trial after
18 witnesses had identified all
seven of the defendants from the
stand as Colorado and regional
officials of the Communist party.
The jury was excused until 10
a.m. Wednesday by U. S. District
Judge Jean S. Breitenstein, who
is hearing the trial. He gave the
defense until Wednesday to
prepare motions and to get
ready to present defense wit
nesses. The government case, which
required 22 actual trial days,
ended at 2:10 p.m. after U.S.
Attorney Donald E. Kelley fin
ished questioning the last wit
ness, Bellarmino "Bill" Duran,
30, of Denver.
The trial began March 21.
Duran testified he was an un
dercover agent for the FBI in
the Communist party from
1948 until a month ago. Intense
cross examination of Duran, un
employed Denver truck driver,
had delayed government at
tempts to rest their case since
last week.
Germany Still Split
10 Years After War;
Stability Enjoyed
ByCHARLES McCANN
United Press Foreign Analyst
It took the Germans less than
three months after the end of
World War I to establish the Wei
mar republic in
place of the
Kaiser's e m
pire. This time it
hat taken' 10
years since the
end of World
War II to ei
tablish the
Bonn republic
claries Mccann as a sovereign
nation in succession to Adolf Hit
ler's Third Reich.
And Germany is stUl divided,
with its eastern part under Po
lish Communist and Soviet Rus
sian occupation.
r Germany fought World War I
on the soil of other countries. At
the end it was exhausted but un
damaged. It was only after the
armistice that Allied troops
moved in to occupy it.
Germany then never ceased to
be a sovereign nation, and only
a small part of its territory was
occupied.
This time every German, man,
woman a'nd child, had the oppor
tunity to find out what war was
like.
While the bomber planes of
the United States and Britain
rained destruction on German
cities, the armies of the Western
Allies and the Russians swept
over Germany to meet at the El
be river.
This ought to prove an import
ant factor if some future Hitler
arises and calls on Germans to
materialize his dreams of con
quest. One interesting thing is that
the Germans have enjoyed more
stable government in the years
since World War II than they
did in the years between the end
of World War I in 1918 and the
rise of Hitler in 1933.
It is forgotten now that after
the Kaiser's regime collapsed, it
was a very close question whe
ther Germany would become a
democracy or a Soviet republic.
Friedrich E b e r t, Socialist
leader and labor union organi
zer, did more than any man to
save Germany from Communism
then.
Ebert had been named chan
celor after the armistice.
PRISONER ACCOMMODATED
Charlotte, Mich. U.R) Earl
C. Hicks, 38, had 11 months
added to his sentence because
the judge was in an agreeable
mood.
"Why don't you make it a
year," Hicks said disgustedly
Monday after the judge' sen
tenced him to 30 days in jail for
non-support.
"Just as you say," answered
the judge. "Make it a year."
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He succeeded in suppressing
serious Communist uprising in
Berlin in December, 1918, and
January, 1919.
Ebert insisted that elections be
held. As a result, a national as
sembly met at Weimar, in the
wooded hills of central Germany,
and set up what was called the
Wiemar republic, in February,
1919. . ...
Ebert was elected president.
Had he not died on Feb. 28,
1925 there -might never have
been a Nazi Germany.
Ebert developed into a states
man of world stature. He died
under the strain of office. .
Germany was beset by political
and economic problems, and no
leader emerged to take Ebert's
place.
No leader, that is, until Hitler.
Most Germans knew he was a
fraud and a menace. But they
were ripe for a dictatorship.
Newspapers Urged
To Promote Hews
Chicago (U.R) Newspaper
promotion managers should de
vote more money toward pro
moting news and spend less on
comics and features, according to
J. Russell Wiggins, managing edi
tor of the Washington Post and
Times Herald.
Wiggins spoke at the silver
anniversary meeting of the Na
tional Newspaper Promotion
Association yesterday.
While only 10 per cent of the
average newspaper promotion
budget is spent for news, he said,
about 70 per cent is devoted to
comics and features.
"News is the principal prod
uct newspapers have to sell," he
said.
Court Records
DISTRICT COURT
Charles E. Lane, no operator's
license. S6.
Frederick W. Hancock, violation of
basic rule. 58.
William P. Billman. 87. Crater hotel,
drunk on a public highway. $13.
Charles F. Gentry, 73. Chiloquin,
drunk on a public highway. $30.
. LeRoy J. Fleming, Robert E. Warri
ner and Clarence H. Malott, angling
in closed area. $30 each.
Wilber E. Clark, violation of basic
rule. $12.50.
Melvin E. Hilkey. overload. $53.
Neil E. Jackson, overload. $45.
Arion D. Christensen. no motor
vehicle license. $15.
Pete G. Kershaw, violation of basic
rule. $10.
Judy A. Mooring, no operator'!
license, SO.
POLICE COURT
Charles Alan Hahn,
unnecessary
noise (pipes), $10. - " --
Richard Guy McDougal. illegal U
turn. $2.50.
Francis Henry Rempent. failure to
yield right of way (vehicle). $10.
Cecila Marie Fifield. failure to
yield right of way (oncoming traffic),
$10.
Merlin George Harvey, failure to
stop (sign). $5.
Timothy James Dugan. failure to
stop (light), $5.
Edward C. Albern, violation of basic
rule. $15.
Don Byard Campbell. Gerald John
Adlfinger. Mercer Louis King. Gyles
Mack Stelle, violation of basic rule,
$10 each.
Portland Carpenters
Will Limit Pro jects
Portland (U.R) Starting
June 1, Portland area carpenters
will "man only those projects on
which collective bargaining con
tracts are in effect" Clell Har
ris, secretary of the Portland dis
trict council, said last night.
Harris told the Central Labor
Council an impasse has been
reached in negotiations with
three' contractors' associations.'
The Portland council seeks a 10
cent hourly wage increase.
The Portland council repre
sents some 6000 carpenters ia
Multnomah, Clackamas, Yamhill,
Columbia and Washington coun
ties. .
MR. ' '
INSURANCE
.Fred
Brennan
Our roof that was burned
out has been replaced at
a cost of $2000. The insur
ance adjuster is allowing
only $1500 because of the
depreciated value of the
old roof. Could our policy
have been endorsed to
cover the full replacement
, value?
For Information Call
MEDFORD itoURANCI
AGENCY
Phone 2-4940
You Know Her?
Geo. N. Taylor '
She kept her house spie and
span and was ever ready to help
among the neighbors. Her man
had a good
name and her
young folks
were her de
light. Yet she
had under it
all a heavy,
heavy heart..
She came to
believe the
Bible that all
have sinned
and the wages
of sin is death.
John 3:16 saved her. It reads
that God so loved her that he
gave Christ, his -only-born Son
to die for her and that if she be
lieved on Him as Lord and
Saviour, she would not perish,
but have eternal life God's
free gift to all who believe. She
believed - and 'came into' the
eternal life.
TWO She also came to see
that after Christ had died for
her, He arose from the grave.
And by that same power, Christ
would also raise her up to glory.
: THREF Than hv RiVtl ami
Prayer, day by day, she grew
up.
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